Bladder Mathematics

Tomorrow I am taking the GRE for the second and what is hopefully the last time I will ever have to take the GRE in my life. I just got off the phone with my friend Nick, and I was telling him how I was planning my day tomorrow. I have to work until 2pm, and then take my (close to four hour) test at 4pm. So I am going to be exhausted, for sure, and am planning on kickin' the feet up with TV, a movie, the NY Times, a beer, or whatever else my heart desires when it is all over. (Also, you might be pleased to know, as a reader, that the number of GRE-related posts should drop off significantly after tomorrow. Additionally, I will take suggestions for new topics).

I was also discussing with Nick the time slot from 2-4 tomorrow, post-work and pre-test. I figure I'll leave work armed with a Venti Americano, to get maximum caffeine intake before walking into the test. This creates a problem, however. More caffeine=more urination. The GRE only has one ten-minute break. The first section, the writing, takes up an hour and fifteen minutes. So after I thought I had reached my solution with the Venti Americano, I started to question: can my bladder hold out for an hour and fifteen? 20 ounces (4 parts espresso/16 parts water) divided by 75 minutes...And then that math equation felt all too much like a question on the Quantitative portion of the GRE, so I gave up.

Night, y'all. Wish me luck!